A. DAVIS BROUGHTON

These pieces are a good demonstration of the schizophrenic nature of my work. In my more expressionistic works I tend to explore states of mind and their outward visual symptoms. Both voluntary and involuntary evidence are portrayed in the nature and frequency of the markmaking and value structure. While at first glance the still lifes might seem to be straightforward portrayals of reality, they are equally explorations of mood and feel based on the composition, selection of objects and value/colour structure.

Self-Portrait as Clown
Lost Monet (postcard)
Portrait of Robert Johnson
Lifting the Veil (to reveal further darkness)
Stormbound 7
Librarian at Midnight

DURLABH SINGH

Since Duchamp's "urinal," visual art in the Western world has suffered a shock and a decline. It has become more conceptual, excluding depiction of human form with all its spiritual and physical contents. My art is a sort of diversion from this dry, abstract and pseudo-intellectual mannerism. Genuine art should involve labours of hand and brain and should be a mirror of reality of our times, depicting both biological and metaphysical aspects of our lives.

My aim is to add new dimensions to contemporary art through language of colour, new forms and expressions.

Hand of Destiny
Seed of Discontent

MICHAEL LEWANDOWSKI

As far back as the Greeks, the still life has served the artist as a vehicle to create the illusion of space and record objects that have meaning to the artist. Whether it was the casual arrangement of the Herculaneum period or the carefully arranged symbolic metaphors of the Dutch, the still life has offered us a window into a small and delicate space. Over time the still life began to lose its importance and serve more as a reason to just paint. I feel that still life objects can convey a presence they may not ordinarily possess until the painter reveals the importance they hold. MORE...

Anvil and Leaf
Transit
Level Pallet
Woodplane